Apple cancels application calling for 3rd intifada

English.news.cn   2011-06-23 23:05:22

JERUSALEM, June 23 (Xinhua) -- U.S. computer giant, Apple, has announced that it had pulled an application called "Third Intifada " from their App Store for iPad and iPhone devices after a complaint by Israel.

The firm took the step after receiving an official letter of complaint filed by Israeli Minister of Public Affairs and Diaspora Yuli Edelstein.
The application allows users to post the times and locations of upcoming protests, articles and news critical of Israel and to upload pictures of people who committed violent attacks, the Ha' aretz daily reported.
In a statement released on Thursday, Edelstein "commends" Apple 's "quick action," saying that "this is an additional step in preventing hostile elements, which are frequently tainted by anti- Semitism, from spreading incitement via the 'new media'."
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